Random Thoughts of a Muddled Mind

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Gregory I, Pope from 590 to 604, was the first to ever truly strengthen the Roman Catholic Church’s hold on what would eventually become Europe. The pope, a church office that emerged from it’s relationship as head of the Diocese of Rome, which supplanted the early position of Archbishop in the [...]

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For anyone doubting that there is in fact a battle in progress for the hearts and minds of the world, the AP headline this morning
Al-Qaida warns pope Islam will Prevail
Seems to provide ample evidence to the contrary. The article goes on to state

Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI today that its war against Christianity [...]

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I handed back an assignment to some of my students today, 5 years after I assigned it. On September 11, 2001 I had my 7th graders write down the narrative of how they had heard about the attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. They recounted stories that included conversations with [...]

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Dateline September 8, 2006…..in another example of the forward thinking, rational leadership provided by our illustrious Democratic Senators, who today decided to continue their attempts to defeat George W. Bush in the 2008 election by unleashing yet another bombshell allegation against our current administration.
I try hard not to be blindly partisan, but this one is [...]

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Here is the ballot from Cuyahoga County in the 2004 election
…and the Palm Beach Ballot from 2000

…both are a little confusing, but at least the Palm Beach one had an arrow to point out where to use the stylus.

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